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military action. have had their origin
the capital OF France. The recent

in military action. have had their origin
IN the capital OF France. The recent
revelations" which pnrported to show
how some ninety-four generals in the French
army strove to induce Boulanger to execute
coup detat. promising him their active aid in the
daring project, may be all moonshine, and as
little worthy of credence most politicians be-
lieve them to be, but for all that the fact that
they have been invented, coupled with the other
fact that their object does not choose to deny
the truth of them, serves to indicate at least the
desires, if il does not confirm the intentions. of
the "Boulangists.H The action. therefore, of
the leading journals of Pars in calling upon
General Ferron, the present Minister of War, 60
enforce discipline in the of his predecessor.
is a welcome sign of the times-welcome in SO
far il discovers appreciation OF the danger
which recent events have given birth to.
It is hoped that this Boulanger
worship has not been permitted to go to such
lengths that the idol cannot be cast down until
the falsity of the belief has been proved by the
shedding of rivers of blood and tho devasta-
ton of fair and prosperous lands. A further
hopeful incident is the breach between nj.
Clemenceau and General Boulanger. The leader
of the extremists now bestows sarcasm where
once he showered laudation. The more con-
revelations on which they were made to figure
a supporters os the proposed, or, they now
avow, mythical coup detat These and similar
features of the situation are encouraging TO the
lovers of peace but whilst these accepted
good omens it would be folly on the part of true
friends of France to ignore Boulanger's power
for evil and worse than folly to neglect any op-
portunity 20 checkmate his movements toward
reF6nche
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ELOPEMENT AID MARRIAGE.
Hard Hearted Parents 0utwitted by Knox
County Couple Bent cn Matrimony.
81 to tho INDIANAPOLIS Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal
VIgCENNEs, Aug. ia romantic courtship
happily ended to-day by the marriage at
Lawrenceviile, Ill OF Lee Townsley and Miss
Grace Bond, both OF Oaktown, Ind. The bride
is the pretty young daughter of ex-postmaster
George II. Bond of the latter town, and Mr..
Townsley is Of an excellent family living at
Pleasantville. 1t seems that her father had set
his heart on Miss Grace wedding some one
chosen for her years ago, and the attentions OF
young Townsley, when they became somewhat
assiduous were quite distasteful. She was
urged to discountenance his sut, but she
didn't; the contrary, she received
it with much favor. whereupon Mr. Bond went
to Mr. Townsley and forbade further visits to
his daughter Added to this, Miss Grace was
scarcely permitted to leave her home, even TO go
however, the young people met at the big Odd
said:
"Haye you a rig ."
mo; why 2"
"Get one, and we'll stop this thing"
Mr.. Townsley lost time. He secured
horse ana buggy. and in few minutes was
driving furiousy toward his fathers at Pleas
antvlle. He tarried there bat little time, and
then turned toward Vincennes, arriving at
O'Clock this morning An hour later he drove
on co Lawrenceville. whore Judge Barnes quick
ly tied the nuptial knot. Mr. and Mrs. Towns
ley are now receiving congratulations at their
rooms in this city.
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America Triumnhs in France.

BINDERS-A GOLD MEDAL AND 300 FRANCS
AWARDED TO THE MCCORMICK MACHINE
PARIS, Aug 1.-The most important inter
national contest of Irvine. binders over held on
the continent has just been concluded at Etre-
pagny. The trial lasted several days and was
characterized by the utmost fairness the judges
being leading aerculturists of France The
first prize was awarded to an American machine
1.-THE McCormick) over all competitors. All the
principal English and American machines com
peted, including the Hornsby, the leading
English twine- binder A desperate effort was
made ny the English machines to prevent
America from winning but the judges uuani.
mouslv awarded the first prize . gold medal
and 800 francs, to the Mccormick.
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Germany Is Ready for the Fray.

Copyright. 1887. by the New York Associated Press
BERLIN. Aug. 13-The seventeenth anniver-
sary Of the battle of Gravelotte will be observed
on the 18th inst. eliminating in review dis
play at Potsdam An imperial decree issued
tonight directs that the ceremony of the conse-
Grafton of the colors OF four new infantry regi-
ments and three new bastalions of the railway
corps shall take place on that occasion. Prince
William will be in command. On the same day
there will be celebration of the victory on the
battlefield itself which will be attended
thousands of people from all parts of the emp
Veterans from every military society in On
many will 60 to Gravelotte and vicinity to
ticipate in the ceremonies. Eight hundred
members of the Saxon Kriegverein arrived at
Weissembourg to-day and visited the the battle
fields, placing wreaths upou the graves whore
many of their comrades FELL Within the next
few days special trains will take other veterans
to perform similar rites every battlefield in
Alsace- Lorraine. These demonstrations are not
intended as aimess anhoyances to the people of
France. They are meant as expression of re-
newed hostility under the menaces of the
French, designed to show that Germany is
ready to fight to retain what her victories have
gained for her
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Fedinsnd at Rustchuk.

RUsTcHuK, Aug. 13.-Vast multitudes assem-
bled to meet Prince Ferdinand. and extraordin-
airy enthusiasm was displayed. At the banquet
in the evening, NJ. Nikiforoff, who was
one of the leaders Of the conspiracy which
resulted in the deposition of Prince
Alexander, in proposing a toast to Prince
Ferdinand, expressed confidence in the
fidelity of the Prince and in his ability to m ain
tain the independence of Bulgaria He also
said: I'VE will cover the Balkans with corpses
rather than allow enemies to enter the country"
After the feast, Prince Ferdinand was lifted
upon the shoulders of Of the officers
present and carried in triumph from the banquet
hall.
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The Locomotive Brotherhood.

ATLANTA, Ga, Aug 13-The Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers met to-day, with three
hundred members present. The delegates were
welcomed by Governor Gordon and Mayor
George. Mr.. Arthur, chief OF the Brotherhood.
made an address on the object and nature of
the order. Mr. FL. w. Grady being out of the
city. Rev. j. w. Lee, the pastor of Trinity
Church, made the regular address. He con-
graduated the Brotherhood on their methods
and ways of adjusting trou bies. and said they
had conducted their order SO as TO commend it to
the best people of this country. There is a large
and enthusiastic assemblage present
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Advices from Afghauistan say that the Chill
zais defeated in battle with the Ameer's
troops al Gholamhvde on the Sd instant
Prince Bismarck arrived at Kissirgen at
o'clock last evening from Babelsberg. He was
panied by his secretary DIR. Bottenb berg.
The Chancellor 10 In splendid health
The Gazetta D. Italia, of Rome states that
King Humbert through his chaplain, is
sounding the Pope to ascertain whether he will
accept jubilee present from the King. If the
Pope consents. the Kings brother. Prince Tom
masso, and others will also send him gifts The
Queen of Portugal and Princess Clotilde send
beautiful presents.
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Murder by Wholesale.

BELGRADE, Aug. ia gang of murderers
has just been arrested at Prot. Their victims
during the past two years number sixty. Dis
guised as gen-darmes, thea ssassins pretended to
arrest travellers for various offenses, and then
robbed and killed them. deputy of the pre-
feet OF Prot was the first person arrested for
completely in the crimes. 1t is believed that
political motives led TO the commission of some
of the murders. Two French newspaper men
and Prince Alexanders groom were among the
victims. An official committee OF inquiry has
been dispatched to Prot
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LEADING EUROPEAN TOPICS
Incidents That Make the Bulgarian and
French Frontiers Danger Points.

Man Than lie Was Thought To Be-The
Cars Attitude Toward Bulgaria.
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The Cholera Record.

ROME. Aug. 13-Ten new cases of cholera and
ten deaths were reported in Palermo to-day. In
Messina there were six and four Deaths
and in Catania a total OF forty-six deaths.
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WISCONSIN.

Gen. p $. Bragg is at his home at Fond
du Lac, confined with temporary blind
ness Of one eye. While out riding the eye
was seized with partial paralysis and
rendered totally sightless. It is hoped the
loss of sight is not permanent.
There is a prospect that a suit for S. 900
may be brought against the estate of the
late Congressman w. T. Price Of Black
River Falls, Wis, by the United States for
timber cut on the public domain in the
Flambeau river district in the years 1889 81.
b At GAINESVILLE, Wis, on the 14th the ap
pearance of several well-developed cases Of
smallpox caused general alarm. Fears
are entertained OF its spreading, and a
special meeting of the common cou.cil held
to make arrangements for city hospital.
Albert Foster, son of Hon. Sidney Foster,
was terribly crushed by the wheels of ca
boose.passing over him at Durand, Tuesday
evening. No hopes of recovery are enter
tanned. He was just starting to join his
mother in the west, and was waving adieu
to his friends when he lost balance. falling
beneath the wheels. -, -. Se#
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and iniuring ~ others, was lying on the.
ground unplugged. The melinite in the
Shell explod ed without apparent cause

and iniuring a. others, was lying on the
ground unplugged. The melinite in the
s shell exploded ae' without apparent cause.
i a large number Of English and Ind ian sub
jects with their wives and families have arr
rived at Zanzibar from Tungi, TO seek re-
dress through the English government from
fortugal Tor damage nhicted by the bonn.
bardmentpf Tungi. q s.'' M
The Austrian government, through the
chambers Of commerce Of the various cities
will invite small tradesmen to make ten
ders for suppl ing cloth, leather, linen and
cotton for the landstrum and land Wehr.
Hitherto only big firms have been asked to
make these tenders.
a dispatch from st. Petersburg to London
says that six students were arrested on the
Newski Prospect, near Anitchkin palace.
R!aying ~ their possession g quantity Of ex
p!oslves. They were awaiting the coming
Ct the Car on his way to the cathedral to
take part in the anniversary services.
Adecree has been issued from the Ger
man war Office directing that the four new
infantry regiments and the four battalions
which have been. added to the existing reg
tments, be garrisoned almost exclusively
~ , a lsace-L lorraine and Baden along the
thine. Only three battalions are to be
stationed along the Eastern frontier.
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grinding against It when the others went
~ sae ne phird coac1
faIlan a ia Trucks fro,9 j arraat ha;oht
though ittremaineds On the edge az fha''em
bank The ROOF If ths fnIi7,t ~ !, sire
remained on the mbankment. HAVING ., evi,
IDENTITY been showed clear from its faster
illgs where the coach went throu III The
next four cars went down in q healp. the
smoker, which was on the rear OF che train. 4
falling III the midst sc the coachaai ma "a.
Ing actually rround into small snlintars
The occupants Of sS tie 50 ], smoker
were all either killed or III ininred
The bridge. where the disaster transnirei.
was d mile from Ja1rlica Plains was ida feet
in length and 20 feet high. spannina, 4 road
way. "a passenger relates that q moment
before the accident he noticed q iournai
hanging down between the first and second
cars, and this it is said would account for
carrying the whole bridge 81, the abntmant,
The bridge was built eleven wears ago. and
d bad flaw has bee1, found near the end Of 4
~ inch truss which rests q few feet above the
debris 1t shows @ diagonal fracture Of the
iron IL inches long, on which eight inches ia
black with rust, while the rest Of the fracture
is fresh. The scene at the wreck was Of indie
is believed that in one car not q person es-
Hcaued with life. and the Al mnf3lation IF
ii odies exceeded any III the history Tof such
calamities 3jI I s 4. IG',1SIs1l n =
"a n oY,p. tha fo,,,,; q ! a,,+ ~ IL IS
u, " Ste US
aster me ll following are related: In some
places were found fragments of flesh and
pieces Of clothing which had belonged to.
some Victim whose remains had previously
been 81 removed There was blood over.
everything. Most of the pieces of clothing
found were from the garments of women.
aud the fatality among them was proper
tionately greater. In one place the bodies
Of seven women we're taken out, all hor-
ribly mangled. A pathetic sight was that
fof two girls whose arms were clasped
around one another in the embrace of
death. In many instances axes and crow
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MINNESOTA.
Minnesota News.

Patrick Riley, aged TIA pioneer citizen
OF Wabasha, died on the 14th. .,
The St. Cloud District Agricultural soci-
ETY. has chosen September %, ~ and % for
the annual fair.
DIR. P. B. Hoyt. well known physician of
Mankato, died suddenly on Sunday, from
apoplexy.
Col. Lounsberry has retired from the
Duluth News, and about April LIST. will is
sue weekly paper to be called the Duluth
Journal. =
The name of the postofice at Fridhem,
Grant county, Mimi, is changed to Barrett
and g. Arneson appointed postmaster, vice
sO.KsLee, superseded.
4 Gov. McGill has appointed Col. Henry G.
Hicks the additional Judge for Hennepin
county, and W. L. Kelley the additional
Judge for Ramsey County.
Tams Bixby, of Mankato, has received
the appointment of Assistant Judge Advo-
cate Genera. with the rank ofcLieut. Col. ,on
the staff of the Governor of Minnesota.
A mysterious explosion took place
Thursday afternoon at the Minneapolis gas
works, while four men were at work
killed and the other two hurt. The damage
to the works was slight. One of the killed
was Ernest Metzke, a brick mason, aged IS
who leaves family.
The two new judicial districts created by
the. Minnesota legislature, the 18th, COM
posed of the counties of Wadena, Hubbard,
Cook, Itasca, Aitkin and Crow Wing, the
10th, composed of the counties of Stevens,
Grant, Wilkin, Big Stone. and Traverse,
were equipped on the 10th by appointment,
made by the Governor, Col. c.. ". Sleeper,
Of Brainerd, being designated as Judge for
the 10th, and c. l.. Brown, of Morris, Stew
ems Co., for the 10th. 81. .'z5 n
The trial of persons accused of the murder
of the Rev. Geo Haddock, begins at Sioux
City, March 81. Special correspondents of
leading journals are already at that point,
and the preparations indicate one Of the
greatest murder trials of a decade, at least
1t is anticipated that good deal of trouble
will occur in securing jury.
Gov. McGin appointed Joseph w. Rey-
nolds, of Herman, Grant county, as counsel
to prosecute certain cases in behalf of set
tiers upon land known as Indemnity land y
The appointment was made under the pro-
visions Of honse bill No, 732. The land is 10
Gated in Traverse county, and large num-
Der of citizens have settled on these lands
with q view to speedy settlement of the
dispute existing regarding the title between
the United States government and certain
railroad companies.
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Hunting Ducks.

Tolling ducks, says the Baltimore
Sun, is plan in which the amount of
game secured far exceeds the sport.
For tolling short blind, consisting of
row of bushes planted about ten feet
from the waters edge,a good dog, and
some big guns, with large charges of
shot, are all that is necessary When
the ducks bed in proximity to tolling
blind the parties who are going to shoot
take up their position behind the blind
A small playful Chesapeake or other
dog that has been chained up is let
loose between the blind and the tree
A corncsb is tossed to him. which he
retrieves andjust as he gets to the front
of the blind another is tossed, and he is
kept playing around until he has attact-
ed the attention of the ducks.
They soon grow interested in the
maneuvres of the dog and begin
gradually to approach the shore. Their
curiosity increases and they will ap-
proach to within a few feet of shore.
Then the party who is working the
dog, if understands his business has
onoAa e'oAAo SoAtAOA' 10y manipulating
the dog and playing him first up be-
yond the blind and then down. he
can so vancouver the ducks, which are
swimming up and down as the dog is
worked, as to bring them directly in
front of the shooters in solid body. At
a given signal the party, usually number
ing from three to SIX men, shoot the
ducks in the water, often bagging from
twenty five to seyenty-6ye ducks, at a
round. The ducks are shot in the head
and neck. The curiosity of ducks is
great, and the proportionate amount
possessed by the female over the male
is as usual with the sex generally.
Out of a toll made on the Gunpowder
River last season 81. per cent of the
ducks killed were females H..
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BROOKLYN RESIDENCE.

Mr.. Beecher's ancestry dates back to 1898
when Hannah Beecher, a widow, came over
from England and settled at New Haven,
Roxana Foote in 17i9. Thirteen children
were given them, two, dying in infancy and
II grew to mans and wOman's estate. Hen
ry Ward was horn June "a, 1918. His moth
er dying in 1916, his tender yearswere passed
under the direction Of his fathers second
convert to vigorous and sombre relig-
ion. He was merry, bright and affection
ate child, and his earliest learning was in
the district school presided over by his elder
sister. He entered Amherst college in 1880,
graduating in 1884. His father was then
mary at Cincinnati, Ohio, and he pursued
his studies there until 1887, when he entered
the ministry at Lawrenceburg Ind, trans
ferring his work to Indianapolis at the close
Of two years. While at Cincinnati he was the
editor for q short time Of the Cincinnati
Of the Western Farmer and Gardner In
his early ministry he delivered series of
sermOnsup0n intemperance and kindred top
les, and these being published in bookform
as Lectures to Young Men, attention was
called to him, and hon in 1S47, q new Con-
lyn, he was invited to becometits head, and
accepted, and for the forty succeeding
years has been the beloved pastor Of Plym-
outh In 1887 Mr.. BeeGher married Miss
Eunice Bnllard, and lacking but a few
weeks of fifty. years, they have journeye6
heart to- heart, hand in hand,
side BY side, through q pathway, now
bright with smiles, now wet with tears
Three sons and q daughter are living with
the wife and mother to pay the last tribute
of sorrow to their matchless friend. For
twenty years or more Mr.. Beecher was a
contributor to then Y. Independent and for
three years its editor, and from 1870 to 1881 the
editor of the Christian Union. In addition
to his sermons and editorial work he pub
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ing which leaves $75, 9GG66 415 net standard
dollars y the treasury The geld coin and
bullion in the treasury, less Mo ,0l s, god
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that Mrs. IN ebe had died from q bro l. ~
heart caused BY the COW q ton Of her hus-
a any, ponce
49, ~ iosAo
# Sunday was an Indictment day at Chicago,
81. Iully 4o'ooo people Witnessed the funeral
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any exciting rem arks ard the whole I M, !.
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to well known nranarat ions IA icona e MEL,
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Providence, Of pneumonia. OF CAPT Jas! r
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DAKOTA.

1t was reported from Huron March "A,
that the snow was gone there and the
farmers wers beginning to harrow.
A Watertown telegram of the 18th says
that for several days the Thermometer had
been Us deg, above zero and farmers had
begun seeding ..4s
Reports from all portions Of Dakota are
to the effect that the great body Of snow is
disappearing and the rivers and streams
are opening without any prospect OF hoods
or water damage. a
@. G. Dalrymple, Of the IS, 600 acre wheat
farm near Casselton, Oak, has purchased q
car load Of Percheron Norman horses at
Mason City, Iowa, at q cost OF $500, and
will engage in stock raising as branch
Of his farming enterprises. .z
John Wertner, herder for Mitchell Of
Mandan, became lost and wandered about
for fifty hours in the south part Of Morton
county He was finally found on the
Cannon Ball mine, with both feet frozen.
He was taken to Fort Lincoln, where the
post surgeon has just amputated both feet
It is Thought that he may recover, ..s55
Huron special 14th Gov. Church and
some twenty members Of the legislature,
| with the new auditor and immigration com
missioner, arrived here yesterday. This
morning Judge Spencer arrived. He was
met at the depot by q committeeso citizens,
who welcomed him to the city. This after
noon he and the Governor looked the city
lover. To-nighta brilliant reception in his
honor was held ,at the home Of Attorney
Fisk. Nearly Ave hundred citizens and
their wives called during the evening to pay
/ THAR The .1r1dpA was born In
| whitehall in 1851, and graduated at the
| Albany Law school. He has e wife and
| two children.